Joining a frequent flyer program allows you to redeem your accumulated reward points for flights, flight upgrades, and other travel rewards, which is what you can expect from Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer frequent flyer program. Members earn miles when they fly with Singapore Airlines or any of its airline partners, as well as when they spend through any of its non-airline partners.

Benefits and privileges vary in accordance to membership levels, which include basic, silver, and gold. As a KrisFlyer member, you also get access to a number of special offers from time to time.

Get 50,000 bonus Qantas Points when you apply online, are approved and spend $2,500 on eligible purchases within the first 3 months. Enjoy a waived annual fee for the first year and earn up to 1.5 Qantas Points per dollar spent.

Singapore Airlines

The origins of Singapore Airlines date back to May 1947, when a Malayan Airways Limited Airspeed Consul took off from Singapore Kallang Airport and flew to Kuala Lumpur. In the late 1960s, its annual revenue touched the one billion dollar mark for the first time. Singapore Airlines, in 1989, became the first airline in the world to cross the pacific on a B747-400 commercial flight.

In the late 1990s, this airline unveiled a range of new products and services worth around 500 million Singapore dollars. It launched KrisFlyer, its frequent flyer program, in 1999. Singapore Airlines strives to maintain a young fleet of aircrafts, and an average Singapore Airlines aircraft should be no more than around six and a half years old.

When you become a member of the KrisFlyer frequent flyer program you get to earn miles each time you fly with Singapore Airlines or any of its airlines partner, and when you shop with their non-airline partners. However, since this is not the only rewards program of its kind, comparing a few before enrolling is a good idea.

Which banks can transfer rewards points for Singapore Krisflyer Miles?

Velocity. Transfer 1.35 Velocity Points to 1.00 KrisFlyer Miles with a minimum of 5,000 points per transfer.

Westpac. Transfer 2 Altitude reward points for 1 KrisFlyer point with a minimum of 3,000 points per transfer.

KrisFlyer Rewards Program

The KrisFlyer rewards program gives you the ability to earn and redeem miles in various ways. Singapore Airlines is part of the Star Alliance network, so you stand to earn miles when you fly using any airline that is part of this network as well as some of the airline’s other flight partners. You can also earn miles through Singapore Airline’s non-airline partners, including credit card providers, hotel chains, car hire companies and more.

You can redeem your miles for flight rewards to over 1,000 destinations in more than 170 countries with Singapore Airlines and any of its airline partners. You also have the option to convert your KrisFlyer miles to TapForMore Points, which you can use to get non-flight rewards.

Flying more often brings with it the possibility of moving to higher membership tiers that offer increased benefits.

Features of the KrisFlyer membership

When you sign up as a new KrisFlyer member, you’ll start off at the base level. Depending how often you fly and shop with non-airline partners, you can steadily move up to elite silver and elite gold level. The benefits you can expect will depend on your membership level:

KrisFlyer Basic. At this level you can redeem your miles for flight tickets and flight upgrades, and you can save 15% on the required miles if you redeem your miles online. You’ll also receive regular updates about the latest promotions.

KrisFlyer Elite Silver. You can get to the elite silver level if you earn 25,000 Elite miles within 12 consecutive months. When you get to this level you also make it to the Star Alliance Silver status, which gives you access to priority reservation waitlist and priority airport standby services. You get 25% tier bonus on KrisFlyer miles, and you can look forward to reduced or waived KrisFlyer service fees.

KrisFlyer Elite Gold. Earning 50,000 Elite miles within 12 consecutive months gets you to the Elite Gold level. Here, you get Star Alliance Gold status, through which you can make use of priority reservation waitlist and priority airport standby services. This level offers the following benefits as well.

Access to Star Alliance Gold lounges

Priority check-in

Priority boarding

Priority baggage handling

Excess baggage allowance

Reduced or waived KrisFlyer service fees

Benefits of being a KrisFlyer member

As a KrisFlyer member you can look forward to a number of benefits, which include the following:

Earn and redeem miles. This, without doubt, is the primary benefit of this frequent flyer program. You can redeem your miles for flights and flight upgrades through Singapore Airlines and SilkAir, through Star Alliance partners, and through its other airline partners like TAM, Virgin, and Vistara. If you don’t have enough points to redeem for a particular flight reward, you can consider buying the required miles. If you don’t want flight rewards, you can convert your miles to TapForMore Points which you can redeem through your PAssion Card.

Online redemption discount. Members get a 15% discount on the number of points they need to book tickets if they turn to Singapore Airlines’ or SilkAir’s online ticketing facilities.

PPS Club. Membership to this club is only open to people who frequently travel in First or Business Class on Singapore Airlines or SilkAir, or in the Singapore Airlines Suites onboard the Singapore Airlines A380. It requires that you earn a PPS value of at least 25,000 Singapore dollars in 12 consecutive months. Membership brings with it a 25% tier bonus on the actual miles flown, as well as a class bonus when flying Singapore Airlines or SilkAir. PPS members get Star Alliance Gold status automatically.

KrisFlyer points value

Just how many miles you earn depends on the class you’re flying, and this is where this frequent flyer program rates better than most others. As you can see, flying higher classes with Singapore Airlines brings with it considerably more miles:

Economy: 100% in B, E, H, L, M, W, and Y; 50% in N and Q; and 10% in K and V

Premium Economy: 110% in P, S, and T

Business Class: 125% in C, D, J, U, and Z

First Class: 150% in A and F

Suites: 300% in R, and 150% in F

The following applies when you fly using SilkAir:

Economy: 100% in B, E, H, L, M, W, and Y; 50% in N and Q; and 10% in K and V

Business Class: 125% in C, D, J, U, and Z

KrisFlyer’s partners

Below are some lists of KrisFlyer partners that give KrisFlyer members the ability to earn additional KrisFlyer miles:

Partner hotels

Accor

Anantara

Carlson Rezidor

Hilton

Hyatt

InterContinental

Kempinski

Kerzner

Marriott

Okura

Park Regis

Shangri-La

Starwood

Taj

Credit card partners

Westpac (Australia)

American Express (Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan)

BOC (China)

JCB (Japan)

Mitsui Sumitomo (Japan)

BCA (Indonesia)

Other partners

AVIS

Europcar

Hertz

Rentalcars.com

Sixt

M1

Travelling Connect

Club 21

The Economist

Shell

TIME and FORTUNE magazines

How to apply for KrisFlyer membership

You can enrol into the KrisFlyer program online, and to submit an online application, simply click on the ‘Go to Site’ button. Anyone over the age of two years can apply for membership, unless the law in your country prohibits you from doing so. To apply, you have to provide the following information:

Your complete name, gender, date of birth, and nationality

Your email address

Name you want displayed on your KrisFlyer card

A six-digit PIN

Your correspondence address

Pros and cons of the KrisFlyer membership

Pros

Earn miles. This, without doubt, is the biggest benefit of the KrisFlyer frequent flyer program, and you get to earn more points if you spend at partner merchants.

Multiple partner airlines. The long list of partner airlines not only helps you earn miles easily, but this network is useful when it comes to redeeming your points as well. Some of the popular names on this list include Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, South African Airways, Thai Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia, and Vistara.

Frequently asked questions

Does the KrisFlyer program allow redemption nominees?

Yes. KrisFlyer members can nominate up to five individuals for whom they can redeem miles for rewards. They can give such nominees the authority to collect tickets for flight rewards on their behalf.

Can I use a combination of miles and cash to pay for flight rewards?

Yes, but you can increase your miles using cash only if you have at least half of the miles needed to redeem any given flight reward. You can, in such a scenario, buy blocks of additional miles at the rate of USD $40 per 1,000 miles.

How do KrisFlyer flight upgrades work?

You have to start by purchasing a commercial ticket in an eligible booking class. When flying Singapore airlines, you can use your miles to upgrade from economy to business class or from business class to first class/suites. When flying SilkAir, you can upgrade from economy to business class. You can also get upgrades to the next cabin class onboard select Star Alliance partners.

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12 Responses to Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Rewards Program

T |
July 29, 2016

I was a Krisflyer member Joining in Aug 2004. No 800 598 7886
The travel agent says the membership is not recognized.
I have travelled Singapore airlines before without any claims.
I wish to claim for recent travel and future travel.
Do I have to join again ? If so can you enroll me again

As stated in the KrisFlyer T&CSs: “accounts which have activity are valid for 36 months from the end of the month in which the last activity occurred, after which the membership accounts will expire. KrisFlyer accounts which do not have any activity for a period of 18 months since enrollment will expire after that period of 18 months.”

Unfortunately, multiple enrolments to KrisFlyer by a single person are not allowed and each member may maintain only one KrisFlyer account.

I’ve sent to your email the link to the T&Cs of the KrisFlyer program, for your reference.

Unfortunately I’m unaware of any other cards that allow you to earn points directly with the Singapore Airlines Krisflyer program. However, you can take out a card that allows you to transfer points into the krisFlyer program. One example is the range of American Express credit cards linked to the Membership Rewards program.

The amount of points needed will depend on the preferred travel class, destination and time of booking.
However, a one way flight from Melbourne to London will cost a total of 47,500 points for an Economy Saver Award ticket.

For future reference, you can use the Singapore Airline-KrisFlyer mileage calculator to determine the number of points required for your desired flight. Please refer to the link I have sent to your email.

It costs approx. 110,000 Krisflyer miles for a standard Sydney to Singapore return flight. You can get an economy flight for approx. half the number of points needed for a standard Sydney to Singapore return flight.

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